Bucquoy
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Bapaume | |
| Community association | Sud-Artois | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 8 ' N , 2 ° 43' E | |
| height | 105-154 m | |
| surface | 20.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,461 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62116 | |
| INSEE code | 62181 | |
| Website | http://www.bucquoy.fr | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Bucquoy |
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Bucquoy ( Flemish : Buschwerkstei or Bukkool ) is a French municipality with 1,461 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arras and the Canton of Bapaume (until 2015: Canton of Croisilles ). The inhabitants are called Bucquoysiens .
geography
Bucquoy is about 16 kilometers south-southwest of Arras . Bucquoy is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Monchy-au-Bois in the north and north-west, Douchy-lès-Ayette in the north, Ayette in the north-east, Ablainzevelle in the east, Achiet-le-Petit in the south-east, Miraumont and Puisieux in the south, Hébuterne in the south-west, Gommecourt and Foncquevillers in the west and Hannescamps in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,368 | 1,344 | 1,307 | 1,253 | 1,243 | 1,218 | 1,382 | 1,555 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church, rebuilt after the First World War
- Ruins of the 13th century castle
- British military cemetery
